Category: Solar System

It seems that the more we see of Pluto, the more fascinating it gets. With its prominent heart-shaped feature, icy mountains, and “snakeskin” terrain, Pluto has already surprised New Horizons scientists with the variety and complexity of its surface features. Now this latest image, from the heart of Pluto’s heart feature, shows the plains’ enigmatic …

The earth was set to have a close incounter with a giant asteroid, its size the length of 20 soccer fields on Oct 10. Object 2000 FL10, better known as asteroid 86666, charging through space at 16.3 km/s will bullet past 4 million miles from the Earth, NASA has confirmed. The object is estimated to be …